Bicycle-propelled chair.



' WITNESSES EL E. HOSMER.

BICYCLE PROPELLED CHAIR.

uruouron nun mm: 11, 1912.

Patented Apr.22,1913.

BBEBETB-BHEBT 1.

i INVENTOR Z'du ardE flasher.

B. E. HOSMER. BIGYQLE PROPELLED CHAIR. APPLICATION rum) JUNE 11, 1912.

1,059,466; I Patented Apr. 22, 1913.

2 SHEETS-$31331. 2.

EDWARD n. inosnrnn, or EAST LYNN,1MASSAGHUSETTS.,

IBICYCLE PROPELLE D CHAIR. 1

I Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed June 11, 1912, 1 Serial n15. 70:54:51.1

Patented Apr. 22,:1913.; 1

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD, HosMnR, a citizenof the United States; resid1ngat1 East Lynn, in the county of Essexand State of Massachusetts, have invented certain ncw1 and useful Improvements in Bicycle-Fro-z pelled Chairs, of iwhich thefollowing 1s a specification;

My invention relates to bicycle-propelled chairs, or carrier velocipedes, which embody 1 :trea1dle, sprockct wheels, chain and riders a carrier body in; the form of a chair or re-:

ceptacle, combined with a bicycle attache ment adapted tobe operated by; a ,person for the purpose of propelling thecarrier.

My invention consists in; the novel (3011-1 struct-ion and arrangement 1 of a such device designedrto enable the operator :tosteer the chair on carrier, with greater ease and semi- I tiveness, also topermit the independent MSG of the chair without its; propelling attache ment, and to provide a simple and practical1 form of brake forenablingthe operator to control, the speed, ;or a quickly stop the chairs without gettingoff the seat of the bicycle I attachment, all as hereinafter more fully described with reference to the drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of 1the entire device; Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view of the chair alone; Fig; 3 isl a1 sectional detailin; planyiew, on line 3-f- 3 of Fig.1; Fig. 4 is a sectional side view ofthe parts iShOWIl in Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is a detail, inyplanview, of a modified form of the steering gear; a

In thedrawings, A represents the seat; A the foot board, and A the back ofany ordinary form of rollerchair. This chair is supported by spring-s 1 lunder the seat restingyupon and secured to t he axlc X whichatits ends is providedwith the run-: ning wheels 0 C? At the forward end the chair is supported upon a trailingnvheel D arranged beneath the foot board and carried 1111 the fork of a shortvertical axial shaft 2 .1

Projecting from; the .rear of the back I A are two horizontal brackets a and a, which attheir ends connect with the side members of the chair back,as seen inxFiga 2, and in the middle have :an olfsjet portion to the rear, which is providedwith bearings for an upright shaft} E. At a lower: point an arm a is detachablyconnected to, the axle, see 1 Fig. 4, by a yoke and clamping, bolt (4 and at its rear end has a1vertic1al bearing cl wardends are bolted to theside edges of the frameJd as seen in Fig. 2. Theouterends 1 7c, is, of thisdouble cranked bar are provided 1 through which the shaft E passes and slides up and down as the chair moves up :and? down from the weight of the occupant and i the yielding of the springs. 1

On the upper end of the shaft E is rigidly fixed a steering wheel F 1 and on the lower the shaft E between the bracketsa, a! a is 1 pivotally connected a bicycle attachment 1B, consisting of the :usual frame, rear wheel, a

saddle. The front end of the frame of the, bicycle attachment is: provided with a cou pling hearing?) which embraces the upright 1 to cndof this shaft is a sprocket wheel GL To 1 shaft Ewith apivotal connection and rests 1 upon a spacing sleeve 1) which inturn rests upon the bearing of the lower bracket a.

His an endlcsschai belt which passes 1 around the sprocket wheel G at the lower endof the steering shaft Eand then extends 1 forwardly in substantially horizontal position beneath the chair and foot board to a 1 sprocket wheel G" fixed rigidly to the short 1 shaft t of thefront trailingwheel D.1

J is :a: U-shaped metal frame whose for-= foot board and whose side members are then 1 extended to the rear, being bent inwardly as seen, in Fig. 2, to pass lnslde the springs 1 I, and thenupwardly as in Fig.;1jto pass over the axle, terminating in a bow-or,loop in the rear. This rear loop of this frame forms a bracing-attachment to the rear end of the arm 0, which carries the lower bear-1 ing ,cZ for the steering shaft, as seenin Figs. 3 and d, the bearing 6Z being formed with lugs to receive bolts that fasten it' to the loop, as S8BI11iI1 Fig. 3.1 To the rear of the 1 1oop:J is also pivotally attached a brake K; This consists of about, double cranked, bar whose middle loop portion passes under the forward end of the bicycle frame in con- 1 venient :position ,for the feet of the rider and iwhichis connected by pivot bolts 0 10 to connections formedontherear loopyofw 1 with brake shoes, eachcarryingtwo soft:

3 rubber rollers c, e, lying in the plane of and" adapted tobear against the peripheries of 1 ;the two supporting wheels C, 0. Normally theserollers 1e, e,,arc held away from the wheels 0, C, by means of asuitable spring, which, may be a spiral itension spring; 8,: 1

Fig.1 l, q-connecting' the rear loop of the brake bar to the lower frontmember of the bicycle frame v a The operation, important distinctions and great advantage of my chair areas follows: The chair is propelled by the rider on the.

bicycle attachment. To turn ,or steer V the chair, it is only necessary to turnithe; wheel F and this through shaft E, chain H, and

front wheel D steers the chair around in a most sensitive manner, and with but little effort from the operator, because he does not have to overcome the inertia of the chair and itsoccupant, as when the steering. is effected by turning "the chair and its occupant bodily asheretofore. Furthermore,- the act of steering ,does not involve any reactionary I lateral thrust on thebicycle attachment; as

when thechair is turned directly andbod ily. This reactionary thrust has a tendency to throw the bicycle wheel, over, which entirely obviated by my invention, in which the operator does not have to overcome the inertia of the chair and'it s occupant, but the load responds easily and sensitively to the "guiding influence of .the'front wheel, with-' out tiring the operator or deflecting the 7 plane of the bicycle attachment by .reactioir w rns-1 carrying out my invention, Ihdo not confinemyself to the useof a sprocket chaln H,':but,' as in Fig. 5, I may use two parallel 40.1 p g V p I the chair by a connecting mechanlsnrpassrods H: H connected in the rear to theop- H on the shaft bf the front steeringwheel,

or any; other equivalent mechanical conneG- tion, the main feature being the connection of a front steering wheel beneath the foot board to an upright steering shaftbehind ingunder the chair and foot board.

arrangement of the parts in manyother w ys without. departing from the scope of.

- invention as set forth in the claims;

a chair body-with seat,' springs below the, seat; an axle, with wheels supporting sthe" I m= 7 a 1. Acarrler velocrpede, comprlsingnacar-i rier body, an upri ht rotary steering shaft in .rear 0 v the same, a person-propelled bicycle attachment varranged int-ear of the shaft, and attached thereto, two supporting wheels arranged beneaththecarrier, a guiding wheel in front of the carrierbody and a {steering mechanism connecting: the front steering wheel with the rear upright shaft and passing underneath the carrier body; 2. A treadle-propelled chair, comprising springs, a foot board arranged below the chair seat, an upright ro'tary'steering shaft in rear ofthei chair, a 'bicycle frame withseat; whe1,;.and :treadle mechanism, piviotally connected at its forwardend to the? posite ends of a cross head H on sh'aft' Band at theffront end to a rigid cross head a I '4 ay also modify the construction and" upright shaft; a steering wheel arranged "beneath the foot board and in front of the a chair and steering mechanism belowthe foot board andchairconnecting said wheel to the IOWBIiGIICl of the upright shaft.

3. A tr'eadle propelled chair, comprising-v a chairpb'ody with :seat,;springs below the seat, an axle with wheels supporting the springs a foot board arranged below the chair seat, an upright rotary steering Ush'afti in rear of the chair, "a bicycle frame with v seat, 'wheel-, and treadle'fmechanism, pivotally connected at its forward end tothe upright shaft, a steering Wheel arranged beneath the foot board and-in front of the; g chair and 'steering'mechanism belowjthefoot board and chair connecting said wheel-t6 the lower end of the upright shaft consist the axle and supporting v the chair "1 wheels" for said axle, a'rearwardlyextending arm I attached to the axle and provided wane bearing, a vertical shaft arranged in the beatings thebradietsand a bicycle attachment pivotally conneetedto theshaft between the brackets', a steering wheel ai' ranged front of the chair and a steering sole shaftw'ith the front wheel;

gear passing [under the chair and. connect-' 5. A bicycle-propelled chair, comprising a chair having ,a bearingfor a verticalfshaft' attached .to its. back,' springsbeneath the chair; an axle supportingthesprings, two" wheels for the ax1e,"a,bear1ng for a vertical shaft attached to the axle, 7 a vertical, shaft mountedin said-bearings; a steeringwheel arranged below and: in front of the chair, a v steering gearlarranged below the chair and v connecting the shaft :zandi front, wheel and, a. treadle-driven wheeled attachment opivotally connected to "thelvertical "shaft.

an axle, Wheels for the same, a chairl mount-1 ed on the axleandahavin' bearings for-a:

6. A bicycle-propelled chair, ,,,compri s'ing a a 11 5 i vertical shaft attached Ito 1ts-back another: a bearing for such shaft attached :to the axle" and projecting rearwardly therefromya?U t V shaped brace. for the same having its side members satt-ached toi the chair,' a vertical "shaft arranged in said ibe'arings," a bicycle}; attachmentlpivotally connected t theLVerj 'tical 'shaft,'. a steering Wheel arran'gedinfront of the'chair and a steering gear ICQIIF of the shaft to the:

' necting I the lower end steering wheel.

7 A ,b 'cycle propelledv chair; a

a chair mounted on twowheels, a jrvertical steering shaft "attached to the rear of the:

ioo

chair, "a bicycle attachment pivotallyy con-\ nected to the rear of the chairthrough saidi shaft, a front steering Wheel, means for connecting it to the lower end ofithe verticala shaft and a brake for the supporting wheels of the chair projecting to the rear into range of engagement by the feet 0f the operator: on the bicycle attachment.

8. A bicycle propelled; chair, comprising a chairmounted on twolwheels, a vertical steering shaft attached to the rear of the chair, a bicycle attachment piv0tal1y connected to the rear of the chair through said a 1 shaft, a front steering wheel, means for con :necting it to the lower end of ithe vertical In testimonywhereof I affixmy signature 1 in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD E. HQSMERL Witnesses:

Monms M. Gonson, MIRA E; CALDWELL.

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